The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has opened an investigation into claims by a group of Florida firefighters that their fire-resistant uniform pants were poisoning them.
Fred Blosser, primary contact at the CDC for cases related to National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health concerns and for this particular investigation, confirmed that the agency has agreed to conduct tests and interviews based on health problems experienced by Boca Raton firefighter Capt. John Luca, 43, and others in his station.
Luca said he has suffered exhaustion, trembling in his fingers, paralysis in his toes, and weakening in his legs for years. As president of his union, IAFF Local 1560, his problems were widely known to his fellow firefighters, some of whom were experiencing similar maladies; Luca estimated at least 50 Boca Raton firefighters were showing symptoms.
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